Kisah Para Rasul 9:8

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Saulus bangun dan berdiri, lalu membuka matanya, tetapi ia tidak dapat melihat apa-apa; mereka harus menuntun dia masuk ke Damsyik.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Saulus bangun dan berdiri, lalu membuka matanya, tetapi ia tidak dapat melihat apa-apa; mereka harus menuntun dia masuk ke Damsyik.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka Saul pun bangkitlah daripada rebahnya; apabila matanya terbuka, suatu pun tiada dilihatnya. Lalu dipimpin oranglah tangannya, dibawa masuk ke negeri Damsyik.

Contextual Overview

¹ And Saul yet breathyng out threatnings and slaughter agaynst the disciples of ye Lord, went vnto ye hie priest, ² And desired of him letters to carrye to Damascus, to the synagogues: that yf he founde any of this waye, whether they were men or women, he myght bryng them bounde vnto Hierusalem. ³ And when he iourneyed, it came to passe, that as he was come nye to Damascus, sodenly there shyned rounde about hym a lyght from heauen: ⁴ And he fell to the earth, and hearde a voyce saying to him: Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? ⁵ And he sayde: Who art thou Lorde? And the Lorde said: I am Iesus who thou persecutest, It is harde for thee to kicke agaynst the prickes. ⁶ And he both tremblyng and astonyed, sayde: Lord, what wylt thou haue me to do? And the Lorde sayde vnto hym: Aryse, and go into the citie, and it shalbe tolde thee what thou must do. ⁷ The men also which iourneyed with him, stoode amased, hearing a voyce, but seyng no man. ⁸ And Saul arose from the earth, and when he opened his eyes, he sawe no man: But they ledde him by the hande, and brought hym into Damascus. ⁹ And he was three dayes without syght, and neither dyd eate nor drynke.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he saw: Acts 9:18, Acts 13:11, Acts 22:11, Genesis 19:11, Exodus 4:11, 2 Kings 6:17-20

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:12 - horror Isaiah 51:18 - that taketh Mark 8:23 - by the Acts 9:17 - that thou Hebrews 8:9 - I took

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Saul arose from the earth,.... As he was bid by Christ, Acts 9:6

and when his eyes were opened he saw no man; neither Christ, who appeared to him from heaven, whom he had before seen, nor even any of his companions, nor indeed any object: the Syriac version renders it, "he saw nothing"; not anything at all; and the Ethiopic version, "he could not see": when he opened his eye lids, he perceived his sight was gone, and this showed it to be real blindness; and which was an emblem of the ignorance and blindness he had been in:

but they led him by the hand; the men that were with him, perceiving that he could not guide himself, took him by the hand, and led him on his journey;

and brought him into Damascus; and now was fulfilled, at least in part, the prophecy in Zechariah 9:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

When his eyes were opened - He naturally closed them at the appearance of the light, and in his fright kept them closed for some time.

He saw no man - This darkness continued three days, Acts 9:9. There is no reason to suppose that there was a miracle in this blindness, for in Acts 22:11, it is expressly said to have been caused by the intense light. “And when I could not see for the glory of that light,” etc. The intense, sudden light had so affected the optic nerve of the eye as to cause a temporary blindness. This effect is not uncommon. The disease of the eye which is thus produced is called “amaurosis,” or more commonly “gutta serena.” It consists in a loss of sight without any apparent defect of the eye. Sometimes the disease is periodic, coming on suddenly, continuing for three or four days, and then disappearing (Webster). A disease of this kind is often caused by excessive light. When we look at the sun, into a furnace, or into a crucible with fused metal, we are conscious of a temporary pain in the eye, and of a momentary blindness. “In northern and tropical climates, from the glare of the sun or snow, a variety of amaurosis (gutta serena) occurs, which, if it produces blindness during the day, is named nyctalopia; if during the night, it is called hemeralopia. Another variety exists in which the individual is blind all day, until a certain hour, when he sees distinctly, or he sees and is blind every alternate day, or is only blind one day in the week, fortnight, or month” (the Edinburgh Encyclopedia’s “Surgery”). A total loss of sight has been the consequence of looking at the sun during an eclipse, or of watching it as it sets in the west. This effect is caused by the intense action of the light on the optic nerve, or sometimes from a disorder of the brain. A case is mentioned by Michaelis (Kuinoel in loco) of a man who was made blind by a bright flash of lightning, and who continued so for four weeks, who was again restored to sight in a tempest by a similar flash of lightning. Electricity has been found to be one of the best remedies for restoring sight in such cases.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 9:8. When his eyes were opened, he saw no man — Instead of ουδενα, no man, the Codex Alexandrinus, the Syriac, Vulgate, and some others, have ουδεν nothing. He not only saw no man, but he saw nothing, being quite blind; and therefore was led by the hand to Damascus, μη βλεπων, being without sight.